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Entered at the Post Office at Athena, Oregon, as Second-Class Mail Matter VOLUME 48. ATII EN A, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY;7, 1927 NUMBER 1 it ,11, S. Faces Muddle In Foreign Problem Mexican - Nicaraquan Ques tions Are Causes for Grave Concern. Washington, D. C The dawning of 1927 found the United States facing an; international situation more mud dled perhaps , than , any since .;the World war. ; prospects -of an early settlement of the Nicaraguan and Mexican questions do not appear bright and President Coolidge has appealed to the press of the country to show an "American attitude" and stand behind the ad ministration's efforts to uphold exist ,jng standards of International law. The civil strife in Nicaragua, where American naval forces have been landed to protect American lives and property, and the controversy over the new Mexican oil and land laws, which took effect January . 1, remain la status quo as far as this country's pplicy is concerned, but both ques tions are developing new turns with regard to the individual parties con' cerned. A policy of watchful waiting has been adopted with regard to the new Mexican oil laws, which went into ef fect while American oil operators own ing extensive Interests there were adopting a tacit agreement . to. refuse to apply for the required confirma tory concessions under which they wpuld receive 60 and 30 year leases with privilege of renewal in Jieu of their present titles, i While operators who fail to. confirm their titles will "renounce their rights under the law," they will not have their properties confiscated, accord ing to the Mexican embassy. In other words, the embassy says, they will lose their "privileged position." President CooUdga feels that the press of the eouatry, which ho be lieves to be thoroughly American, can be help.'ul through a correct presenta tion of the government's foreign poli cies and conduct. He is of the opin ion that foreign countries frequently have beon misled, especially with re gard to the government's policy of protectingi American lives and jrop-frty- abroad," by certain articles in ARMED CONFLICT: i SPREAD IN MEXICO Mexico City. Disorders and armed : conflict were reported from several sections of the country. Eleven leaders of a demonstration Against the government at Leon, state of Guanajuato, were reported execut ed by government troops when a group of religious agitators awaiting the arrival of rebels from aa Fran i cisco Del Tincon,' nearby, were charg- ed by the troops and dispersed. Others j were arrested, A battle occured . in Parras, state of Coahuila, when a group Of fan atics seized the city hall and looted a train arriving from the west. Troops Charged the insurgents with heavy losses on both sides. The rebels fled to the hills. ! A large gang of bandits is operat ing In the vicinity of Mexico City. Fifty armed men stopped a number of automobiles a few miles south of the capital and robbed the passengers. The. police believe they, are the same gang which robbed, several motorists on the Cuernavaca highway Sunday. , SELECT IDAHO SPEAKER Legislative Caucus Selects Twin Falls Man for Position. Boise, Idaho W. D. Gillis, representative-elect from. Twin Falls, will .be the speaker of the house of repre sentatives of the 19th Idaho legisla ture, which was inaugurated, together with state officials, in this city Mon day. ' This was thp depision of the republican house caucus Of membcrs eiecf held here. . A. F. Bootelfson of Arco will be chief clerk of the house. Senator-elect John McMurray will be the president pro tern of the sen cte, succeeding himself in that capac ity, the senate caucus decided. I The inauguration took place at noon Ionday, when Chief Justice William jr.. Lee el the supreme court admin istered the ontk of office to H. C. paldridga, governor-elect 8fl4 pther elective state official and meiuliirg pi the legislature. Commercial Club Is Making a. Drive For New Membership Roll A special drive for new members to the Athena Commercial Associa tion is under way this week with in dications for many new namo3 on the roster, before the week is over. 0. 0. Stephens, Art Douglas and Bert Ramsey, are the committeemen who- have the membership drive in charge, though all members are in terested in securing new names. At the meeting of the Association, Tuesday vening,; the , matter of put ting on the drive and the proposal of civine more attention to , the social angle of the Association was discus sed, with the result that it was de cided that hereafter the Association will keep open house, and utilize its billiard, pool and card tables for the benefit of its members. The membership committee was given to understand that it would re ceive assistance in the drive from all members of the Association, and it was instructed by President Rogers to makes its report at the meeting next Tuesday evening. Fall Term Has Dropped Seventy-two Students University of. Oregon, January, (Special) Seventy-two students were dropped from the University at the end of the fall term because of low scholarship and 120 were placed on probation, . according to an anr nouncement of Carlton E. Spencer, register, today. Of those who flunked, 61 were men and 11 were women, according to the announcement. More fresh men, of whom there were 30, were dropped than other classes. Twenty three sophomores failed, Business administration let in the number of majors who failed, econ omics was second and journalism third. Of the 120 placed on probation, which means that they will be given one more term in which to meet the required standard, of scholarship, 8S were men and 32 women. Last year in : the fall term ' the same number, 120, were put on probation, Spencer said. All . students who make leas than nine hours in a term are put in the probation class. Twenty-four fewer students were flunked out of the University thi3 fall term as compared with the same period last year, when 93 were sent home, Spencer announced. He's Going Just Right Weston Leader: Nard Jones has just marketed three more stories, as follows: "We're Getting Away With It," to Stage and Screen magazine; "Buddies in Hate," to "War Stories;" "The Silver Frame,'' to Young's magazine. The young Weston ur thor is rapidly making a name for himself as a short story writer, and as he is a modest and likable youth, his local friends rejoice in his good fortune in winning recognition that is only accorded, usually after years of effort. " Women Escape Prison A check up at the Washington State Penitentiary revealed. the fact that two women, Cecelia Rosenfevlt and Maud L. Bode, had escaped from the women's quarters sometime be tween the hours of six and nine. Es cape was made, it was said, over the wall just beyond the .women's quart ers which is somewhat lower than the wall around the penitentiary pro per. Guards trailed the pair as far as the highway, where the trail was lost. Good Bank Statement The First National Bank of Athe na ended the year 1926 with a com mendable financial record as gleaned from its report to the comptroller of the currency at close of business De cember 31. It is noted that loans and discounts totaled $564,075.29; depos its $636,680.65, and cash and ex change $140,778.56. The annual meet ing of the stockholders will be held Tuesday afternoon at the bank's offices. School Exhibit A very creditable school display is to be seen in the show window at the Mosgrove building on Main street: An especially attractive exhibit is an Arctic scene, which includes, snow, ice, water, Arctic animals and Es quimos. Another is a miniature log cabin. Map drawings and art ex hibits are also featured in display. j Brown of Harvard tomorrow night. Tragedy Stalk Riders Leaving Dance Hall Walla Walla Is Death Scene of One Girl, Six Are Seriously Hurt. As t the indirect result of higi winds which shorted . electric, wires1 early Sunday morning, one girl is dead and six other persons were ser iously injured when an automobile in which they were riding turned over. Evelyn Wilson, 22, daughter of Mr. arid "Mrs. H. S. Wilson, of Walla Wal la, was killed and the following were injured. Opal Moore, 21, 306 Park street, concussion Of brain, internal injuriesj Mary Taylor, 72 East Main, cut w wrist and head; Frances Wilson, 40? South Ninth, gashes on head; Edwina Woods, 310 ' South Park, gash on face; William Taylor, 72 East Main, cuts about face and head; Nevin An derson, Second and Oak, deep cut on face. With the breaking of an electric wire the lights in a dance hall were extinguished and the party had gone for a ride pending "the mending of the line so that the dance could be resumed. Taylor took the girls in his car. and picked up Alderman, a printer, who was standing on the sidewalk waiting for the power to come on so that he 'could resume work. Owing to the dark street the driver, who de clared he did not see -the sharp turn, lost control of the car and it crashed into a steel light pole. Marks on the pavement showed the machine skid ded several feet ' ; ,; . Miss Wilson died before she rcachr ed the hospital. Miss, Moore was in a very serious, condition, -and Alder man was still unconscious at a late hour Monday. Taylor, driver of the machine, was placed under arrest following the ac cident, and '& coroner's jury placed' the blame for the death of Miss Wil son upon him. He was charged pith fast and reckless driving of an qver? loaded car, i - " " 1 ' ' - " The ded- girl had attenedecj Wal la Walla high school and but recent ly returned from a visit to California. Opal Moore is a' sister of Mrs. Sibyl Kraemer, who was killed in an automobile .accident .near St. Maries, Idaho, while returning, home from a dance a year ago. Miss Wilson, who was killed, lost a sister by drowning near Wallula three years ago. Her sister, Frances Wilson, who was in the accident Sunday morning, is still in a dangerous Condition, and as yet has not learned of the death of Evelyn. Alderman was engaged to the dead girl. Thomson Family of Deer Killers Causht and Are Fined $2100 After boasting to a deputy game warden that they had killed 49 bucks, does and'fawns since the closing of the deer hunting season, members of the Thomson family, resort owners on the McKenzie river, were round ed up and given fines totaling $2100, according to word reaching Ed Av erill, state game warden from his officers at Eugene, Tuesday. Averill described the round-up of game law violators as the greatest success ) the, enforcement officers have ever had. He said that wardens have been trying to catch the group for 15 years and that, members of the Thomson family have repeatedly bragged about the length of time they have violated the deer laws and the number they have killed. Carey Thomson Sr. and his four boys, Carey Jr., Marlow, Dayton and York, along with a man by the name of Clark, a lumberman from Michi gan, were included in the cne haul by' the 10 deputies, who have taken a number of other violators in Lane county in the past few days.'- Averill said that at first the group was going to fight the case but after hearing .only a ppition of the evi dence the deputies under- Fi M. Brown had 'gathered, v they pleaded guilty. The .charge - against '. them was for killing deer jn closed season but the deputies plso Jiad evidence tq sjiqw that they- had. killed female deei and fawns, and that ; they had wantonly wasted deer meat and that they had sold meat. Deputies found, according to Aver ill, that the Thomsons were saving only, the hams and heavy meated portions of the small , deer, leaving the rest in the woods and were jerk ing the venison and felling it in Portland and other cities;. They re ported that 500 pounds of . jerkod meat., was shipped to -1 Chicago just before Christmas and -, sold there. Eleven deer. had ;been killed pn the last trip and all that saved a Tort land banker from being included in the arrest .was the fact that he fail ed to arrive in time for the hunt, re cording to the deputies. Two New Ordinances Before City Council One Defines Boundary Lim its and Second Provides for Officer's Pay. O. W. Plans a Bus Run To Pendleton A Delco Plant H. J. Cunningham has recently in stalled a Delco light and power plart at the farm home of E. E. Tucker. The Delco takes the place of another plant which Mr. Tucker had on trial. Application for the contemplated stage operation between Portland and Pendleton was filed at Salem, by the Union Pacific. The plan of operation as outlined at the office of J. P. O'Brien, gen eral manager of the O.-W. R. & call for two trips daily each way be tween Portland and Pendleton with intermediate stops. Service is to be started within three months from date permission may be granted by the public service commission. The equipment of. the proposed line will include five de luxe parlor-, car type busses, each with a seating capacity of 25 persons.; Four of the coaches will be .in continuous opera tion. The fifth will be held in reserve. Ordinance Np; (i7, : defining the corporate bound: , lines of the city of Athena, and Ordinance No. 188, providing pay for services of the may or and councilmen, were before the members of tro council, at the meet ing Monday : ''''' t. . Ordinance iNo. 137 defines- the boundary lines of the city as they existed prior to the error made in changing the city charter at which time the omission of the words "thence south" tQ Wild Horse creek, left that portion of the Kirk estate south of Adams and east of Fifth streets out of the city limits, where as before, it was included within the boundary lines. The new ordinance provides for the following boundary lines: "Beginning at the Northwest corner of railroad addition to the city of Athena, formerly called Centerville, thence south to Wild Horse Creek; thence down Wild Horse Creek to a point where it is intersected by the range line between ranges 34 and 35 East of the ... Willamette Meridian; thence North along said range lino to the Northwest corner of section 19, Township 4, North, range 85 East of Willamette Meridian; thence East along the section line between sections 18 and 19 of said Township 4, North of range 35 east qf the Wil lamette Meridian t. the place of beginning' Ordinance No. 188, which went to its second reading, . provides for pay to the mayor and members of the city council. It makes provision for the payment of $3 to the mayor, and $2 to each member of the coun cil for attendance at each and e(very regular, special or ' adjourned meet ing. The ordinance stipulates that any member not attending a meet ing, forfeits his pay for that meet ing, and does not draw pay for at tendance at ' the next succeeding meeting. Indian Hunter Freezes Louis Van Pelt, Umatilla reserva tion Indian, who, with four other Indians, was on a hunting expedition in the' Blue mountains, was found frozen to death in the mountains by his companions. The Indian, his companions said, got lost from them during the hunt, and evidently lost his sense of direction. He traveled on foot until he was exhausted. Van Pelt was the father of three children. He was second baseman on the In- dian Blue Mountain league. Miss Audrey Winship of Salem was in Athena visiting friends for a short time Saturday evening. Miss Winship is employed at the State house in Salem. Tobogganing ePTrH w. n u. Tomorrow night the Standard Theatre presents its annual Junior class benefit show, when the colleee play, "Brown of Harvard" will be screened , in connection with a pre lude in which the class members and others of the student body will take part. "Brov of Harvard" has been ac claimed ; 'h as much fervor on the silver shet.i as it was when present ed on the stage. It is perhaps one of the greatest college plays ever shown, and its photoplay version is enhanced by the clever acting of an all-star cast, including Jack Pick- ford, Mary Brian, Mary Alden, Francis ,X. 'Bushman, Jr., and Wil liam Haines. Sunday night Dorothy Phillros. Lew Cody and Carmel Myers will be seen in John M. Stahl's "The Gay Deceiver," another of Metro's spark ling comedy drama's Fred Thomson and his great horse. "Silver King" return to the Standard one week from tomorrow, in a fine Western play, "The Tough Guy." Annual Junior Class Benefit Show Tomorrow ADOLFO HUERTA MAY LEAD REVOLUTION Tucson, Ariz. Adolfo de la Huerta, one time provisional president of Mex ico, asserted here lie was "marking time" for an opportunity to go Into Mexico and assume charge of the up rising In that country. Although the Mexican consulate an nounced that De la Huerta had been arrested on charges of violating Amer ican neutrality laws, United States authorities denied the Mexican no table was being sought and he was located with his secretary and a com panion at a dingy hotel. "The United States authorities are acquainted with my alms and I am keeping in tcuch, with department ot justice agents at Los Angeles. ''I know the neutrality laws of this eountry and am keeping within them. ''My relations with the United States are perfectly friendly and as soon as the revolutionists capture a certain border town I am going to return to my country and lead the movemont against the Calles government. FILIPINOS FIGHT WOOD Governor General Put on Offensive By Cui'p Of Opposit'on. Manila. Two boards of directors were named for the National Coal company, opening the fight between Governor General Wood and legisla tive leaders over the chht executive order abolishing the Insular board of control. The governor ponoral was put on the offensive when Alberto Harretto, president of tho company, recognized the board appointed by Manuel Que zon, president of tho senate, and Speaker lU.xas cf tho hoiwo, both of whom were ex-officio members of the board of control as originally created. This means that General Wood will be Obliged to bring iuo warranto pro ceedings In court in the attempt to force recognition of his appointees. m:&tinr . Kratz Renamed Astoria Manager. Astoria, Or. O. A. Kratz, city man ager of Astoria for four years, and around whose head a bitter con troversy has been raging for several months, was reappointed to the office when the new city commission took office. Tho retiring commission had declared the office vacant January 3. Salaries of Federal Judges Increased. Washington, D. C The house pass- eti, 295 to 39, the bill tq Increase sal aries of fodtiraj Judges. Tho measure has been approved by the senate. The huuae, by a vote of 155 to 29, also ap proved on Increase In the salary of Chief Justice Taft from 515,000 to f 20, 500 a vear. Anti-Oleo Measure Introduced. Washington, D. C A bill to regu lato the manufacture and salo of but i r substitutes to protect makers of butter and consumers from fraudulent Imitations was Introduced In the house by Representative Tlnchor, re publican, Kansas. Coolidge Offered South Dakota Lodge. Washington, 1). C An 80,000-a( r; tract of land in the Illack IUIIh (if South Dakota, and a lodge eoutiuiliug 80 rooms, were offeryil to President CoolidKO as a sito tor next rummer's White IJounu by a delegation of South bukotuns. Will Discontinue Its Poisons In Alcohol Secretary Mellon Announces Dangerous Denaturants Will be Eliminated. Washington, D. C. On the theory that more effective . prohibition en-' forcement is bound to drive drinkers to the use of industrial acohol, Sec retary Mellon announced a determin ation to eliminate the use of poisons as denaturants. - The secretary's attitude is that he does not conceive it a duty of the government to . pormit poisoning of citizens In order to enforce the law. He expects government chemists soon will be able to denature alcohol so that it will be too distasteful to drink rather than too poisonous. The decision not to use poisons in dangerous quantities is based on a conviction on the part of Secretary Mellon that complete prohibition ' en forcement Is impossible.' He thinks that as enforcement grows stronger bootleggers and drinkers will turn to . bad alcohol and other substitutes. He Is not willing that the government should poison these substitutes to en force the law and believes other con coctions can be placed in them to prevent their use. The controversy over deaths during the holiday season from the drinking of poisoned alcohol reached both the senate and house floors as soon as congress reconvened. At both ends of the capitol the personal conduct of members In the observance of the dry law was ques tioned. While Representative Celler, dem ocrat, New York, was accusing his colleagues In the house of "drinking to excess," Sonotor-Edwards, demo crat, New Jersey, in a lengthy speech, in the senate, was condemning tha "hypocrisy of soino of tho representa tives oMhe jeoplo who vote dry and drink wet." The senate adopted the resolution of Senator Edwards, calling upon Sec retary Mellon for any correspondence between the treasury and the Anti Saloon league with rospoct to the poisoning of industrial alcohol. VETERANS BONUS LOAN HOW POSSIBLE Washington, D. C. Saturday, Janu ary 1 ,1927, ushered In the lawful period during which American World war veterans who were entitled to more than ?50 cash in adjusted serv ice credit, may, it they desire, obtain the first benefits from their 20-year insurance policies or bonus certifi cates by depositing them as security for loans. It is estimated that there are ap proximately $3,0-18,932 such certifi cates in the hands of veterans or de pendents of deceased servica men, with a face value of $3,137,053,062. and that loans up to 1282,540,000 may bo niado during the year 1927 on that aggregate. Applications for certifi cates may be made up until January 1, 1928. IMPERIAL VALLEY SHAKEN Tremblors Injure Score and Cause a $1,000,010 Loss. Calexlco, Cal. Imperial Valley, desert garden m.ot, famed In romance and crop reports, ushered in the New Year with a series of earthquake slacks whh.li damaged many build ings, Injured a score or more porsons and cau.ued property loss ot approxi mately $1,000,000. The tremblors were felt In all parts of the valley, east to Tucson and other ponts In Arizona, west as far as San Diego nnd the coast, and In tha northern states of Mexico. The quakes started shortly aft?r midnight on tho lieelt of tin valley's welcomo of the new your. They con tinued until 5 a. t:i., coming nt Inter vals. At least 50 distinct shocks were felt. CommlsE'on to hold Grain Parley. Washington. I), r. - To perfect ph':is for an inverttlciujim of v.csMn grain rat-. tUa IntPi'staH commerce coin, uiisolon announced that prolimhiary conference would Im tiela tit Kuusns City, Mo., Jan. fco, botwi'en rcpresenta tive.i tf tin commission, grain s!i; pers, railroads, and kv.Ug eor;'oratiutt and railroad cotuiuiior.g. Ik II I. ... -fc